141 |
SHOE HAVING A PRINTED DESIGN AND PRINTING PROCESS FOR SHOES |
US14160728 |
2014-01-22 |
US20140202041A1 |
2014-07-24 |
Jono Anthony Kupferberg |
A shoe has a cohesive design/logo that spans the entirety of the shoe and the design is printed prior to assembly. The panels of the shoe are included on a large piece of material large enough to encompass all the panels of the shoes that will require printing. The print will cover the entire piece of leather and result in what appears to be a segmented logo. Certain areas of the print will include a seam to account for the overlap that will occur when stitching the panels together. The panels will then be cut apart and then stitched together so that the panels of the designs line up in a cohesive and recognizable fashion. The resulting shoe will be one that bears a logo/design that covers multiple panels. |
142 |
Method of manufacturing an article of footwear including a composite upper |
US13895457 |
2013-05-16 |
US08689382B2 |
2014-04-08 |
Paul Hooper; Peter A. Hudson; Fabio Marniga |
A method of manufacturing an upper made of a composite material for an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes associating a layer of carbon fiber material and a flexible substrate to form the composite material. A thin outer coating of TPU is applied to an outer surface of the carbon fiber material of the composite material. The method forms an article of footwear having an upper that is generally flexible and lightweight. |
143 |
GRAPHICAL ELEMENT LAMINATE FOR USE IN FORMING A SKATE BOOT |
US14023037 |
2013-09-10 |
US20140013523A1 |
2014-01-16 |
Philippe KOYESS; David DEKOOS |
A method of manufacturing a skate boot, including providing a first sheet of thermoplastic material, the thermoplastic material being at least one of translucent and transparent, printing a graphic element on the first side of the first sheet of thermoplastic material, providing a second sheet of base layer material with a first side of the second sheet of base layer material having a design element, positioning the first side of the first sheet onto the first side of the second sheet such that the graphic image is disposed between the first side of the first sheet and the first side of the second sheet, and joining the first sheet and the second sheet together to form a graphic element laminate. The graphic element laminate is affixed to an outer surface of a skate boot core. |
144 |
Method of Manufacturing An Article of Footwear Including a Composite Upper |
US13895457 |
2013-05-16 |
US20130318726A1 |
2013-12-05 |
Paul Hooper; Peter A. Hudson; Fabio Marniga |
A method of manufacturing an upper made of a composite material for an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes associating a layer of carbon fiber material and a flexible substrate to form the composite material. A thin outer coating of TPU is applied to an outer surface of the carbon fiber material of the composite material. The method forms an article of footwear having an upper that is generally flexible and lightweight. |
145 |
System for Designing a Customized Article of Footwear |
US13616762 |
2012-09-14 |
US20130018498A1 |
2013-01-17 |
David P. Jones; Bruce J. Kilgore; Elizabeth Langvin; James C. Meschter |
A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of designing an article of footwear via a website, converting a footwear representation into a set of two-dimensional portions, printing the two dimensional portions onto a sheet material, cutting and assembling the two dimensional portions into a finalized article of footwear. The method further includes a step of shipping the article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address. Systems for receiving an order for a customized article of footwear are also disclosed. |
146 |
Method Of Making An Article Of Footwear |
US13616940 |
2012-09-14 |
US20130006407A1 |
2013-01-03 |
David P. Jones; Bruce J. Kilgore; Elizabeth Langvin; James C. Meschter |
A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of designing an article of footwear via a website, converting a footwear representation into a set of two-dimensional portions, printing the two dimensional portions onto a sheet material, cutting and assembling the two dimensional portions into a finalized article of footwear. The method further includes a step of shipping the article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address. Systems for receiving an order for a customized article of footwear are also disclosed. |
147 |
Method for Manufacturing Inflatable Bladders for Use in Footwear and Other Articles of Manufacture |
US12903129 |
2010-10-12 |
US20120084999A1 |
2012-04-12 |
Paul M. Davis; Frank Millette; Paul E. Litchfield |
The present invention is a method for manufacturing inflatable bladders for use in articles of manufacture. The method includes the steps of providing a first polymer film, applying a curable release coating to the polymer film in a pattern that corresponds to the configuration of the inflatable bladder, curing the release coating to the first polymer film, providing a second polymer film with the first polymer film to form a layered element such that the release coating is disposed between the polymer films, positioning the layered element between two plies of material, applying heat and pressure to adhere the polymer films together except in the area where the release coating has been applied to form an inflatable compartment surrounded by a sealed perimeter, and removing the plies of material from the adhered first and second polymer films. |
148 |
Method of making an article of footwear |
US11612320 |
2006-12-18 |
US07945343B2 |
2011-05-17 |
David P. Jones; Bruce J. Kilgore; Elizabeth Langvin; James C. Meschter |
A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of designing an article of footwear via a website, converting a footwear representation into a set of two-dimensional portions, printing the two dimensional portions onto a sheet material, cutting and assembling the two dimensional portions into a finalized article of footwear. The method further includes a step of shipping the article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address. |
149 |
Utilizing A Printer To Customize Apparel In A Retail Facility |
US12615834 |
2009-11-10 |
US20110109686A1 |
2011-05-12 |
Sean McDowell; Steve Horn; Dave Powers; Brandon Avery; Bryan Cioffi |
Customized articles of footwear are produced by providing options and graphics that are selected by a customer when submitting a custom order at a retail facility. The graphics are selected from a catalog while the options, such as a shoe model or a shoe size, are selected at an order interface rendered at a computing device. The computing device processes the order by uploading printing instructions associated with the customer-selected graphic or by converting specifications of the order into the printing instructions. The printing instructions are passed to a printer that is configured to move inkjet nozzles in a pattern and, concurrently, control a timed release of coloring agent from the inkjet nozzles based on the printing instructions. Releasing the coloring agent over the article of footwear physically applies a design thereto, which substantially resembles the customer-selected graphic. An oven typically cures the design via infrared heat over a timeframe. |
150 |
Article of footwear having an upper with thread structural elements |
US11442679 |
2006-05-25 |
US07546698B2 |
2009-06-16 |
James Meschter |
An article of footwear includes an upper that is at least partially formed from a base layer and thread sections that lie adjacent a surface of the base layer. The thread sections are positioned to provide structural elements that, for example, restrain stretch in directions corresponding with longitudinal axes of the thread sections. In some configurations of the footwear, a first portion of the thread sections may extend between forefoot and heel regions of the footwear, and a second portion of the thread sections may extend vertically. An embroidering process may be utilized to position the thread sections on the base layer. |
151 |
Article of Footwear Including a Composite Upper |
US11854832 |
2007-09-13 |
US20090071036A1 |
2009-03-19 |
Paul Hooper; Peter A. Hudson; Fabio Marniga |
An upper made of a composite material is disclosed. The composite material comprises a layer of carbon fiber material and a flexible substrate. The composite material also includes a thin outer coating of TPU. The upper is generally flexible and lightweight. |
152 |
Footwear With Additives And A Plurality Of Removable Footbeds |
US11837946 |
2007-08-13 |
US20080040952A1 |
2008-02-21 |
Wayne M. Celia |
The invention relates to a method and shoe having a sole attached to an upper for defining an interior, the interior having a recess, and at least two footbeds, each having different physical properties and each being sized to be placed within the recess. The shoe also has an additive dispersed over the interior and at least one footbed, wherein each of the at least two footbeds is removably placed within the recess depending upon a desired physical property. |
153 |
Article of footwear having an upper with thread structural elements |
US11442679 |
2006-05-25 |
US20070271823A1 |
2007-11-29 |
James Meschter |
An article of footwear includes an upper that is at least partially formed from a base layer and thread sections that lie adjacent a surface of the base layer. The thread sections are positioned to provide structural elements that, for example, restrain stretch in directions corresponding with longitudinal axes of the thread sections. In some configurations of the footwear, a first portion of the thread sections may extend between forefoot and heel regions of the footwear, and a second portion of the thread sections may extend vertically. An embroidering process may be utilized to position the thread sections on the base layer. |
154 |
Contoured insole construction and method of manufacturing same |
US11183468 |
2005-07-18 |
US20070011831A1 |
2007-01-18 |
Guillermo Palmer |
A footwear construction apparatus and method includes a driving mechanism for moving a sheet of continuous material along a cutting path by a pair of closely spaced apart form factor rollers and then using them to simultaneously deform the sheet of continuous material and to guide a flexible continuous knife belt disposed within the cutting path into cutting engagement with the sheet along a desired contour formed by the pair of rollers to separate a contoured single piece footwear construction from the sheet of continuous material. |
155 |
Method for handling and transferring lasts for assemblying shoes |
US10258361 |
2002-10-21 |
US20030110582A1 |
2003-06-19 |
Giovanni
Torielli; Paolo
Rognoni; Livio
Scandella; Alberto
Caresana; Giuseppe
Saija; Enrico
Dini |
A method for handling and transferring lasts for assemblying shoes, wherein a last is moved so as to trace: a first circular arc, a straight segment which is perpendicular to the first circular arc, and a second circular arc which is perpendicular to the straight segment. The first and second circular arcs belong to two distinct and spatially separate circles. The method uses a plurality of rotating units and is designed so that it can be used both with human operators and with automatic and/or semiautomatic machines. The invention provides total integration of a transfer system with a handling device in. order to achieve production flexibility. |
156 |
Device for transferring plates between a drive chain and workstations |
US497475 |
1995-06-30 |
US5826692A |
1998-10-27 |
Roger Blanc |
Plates supporting articles in the course of manufacture are driven by adherence on an endless chain and are transferred to workstations situated to the side of the chain where the manufacturing operations are carried out. The transferral of the plates takes place along guide tracks perpendicular to the chain, by means of a transverse drive member actuated by a ram and interacting with a complementary part formed on each plate. The plates are thus brought into a position remote from the chain and close to a machine or to an operator. Means control the position of the plates at the intersection of the chain and of the guide tracks. The device applies to a line for the automatic or semi-automatic manufacture of shoes. |
157 |
Machine for use in the manufacture of shoes |
US872500 |
1992-04-23 |
US5271117A |
1993-12-21 |
John R. Vale; Francis B. Sharp; Mark Q. Blatherwick; Alan Sanderson |
The machine comprises a shoe support (20) for e.g. a heel seat and side lasting machine has a last pin (24) on which a shoe may be positioned, bottom up, having a shoe heel end positioning mechanism (86) including a heel height gauge device (110) for locating the heel end of the shoe to lengthwise and heightwise datums, and a toe support (30), including an abutment (54) for setting a toe height datum (54a), each of said datums being adjustable according to the style of shoe being operated upon. The machine also includes a heel band mechanism (150), the arrangement being that the shoe heel end positioning mechanism (86) is moved to an out-of-the-way position after the shoe has been positioned, thus allowing the heel band mechanism (150) to move into shoe engagement. The shoe is held by auxiliary clamp means (184) during this changeover. |
158 |
Installation for shoe production |
US69555 |
1979-08-24 |
US4304020A |
1981-12-08 |
Pierre Bonnet; Remy Villaret |
Shoes with bonded type soles may be made at a higher rate of speed on a line with continuous travel of the lasts, at a predetermined and variable rate, where the series of automatic machines come, in most cases, to work on the last. Either a complete installation, with automatic, programmed cycle, or a series of automated units particularly make possible: placing of the insoles on the last with foot and size selection and centering of the insoles; simultaneous gluing and assembly of the sides after placing of the uppers; roughing operations with preregistration of the depth and following of the profile of the sides; overturning of the sole, prepositioning on the upper, reactivation of the glue, attachment and bonding of the sole; and removal from the last. The installation may be used for the production of various types of shoes by units assembled by unit in pairs or by pairs. |
159 |
Shoe manufacturing apparatus |
US3784995D |
1972-02-09 |
US3784995A |
1974-01-15 |
EGTVEDT R; BOOTH W |
Herein is disclosed a carrier for securely holding, at a fixed reference plane, an inverted shoe last upon which a shoe upper is mounted during the manufacturing of the shoe. The carrier includes two vertically movable posts to which the inverted shoe and last are mounted and which are movable to hold the bottom of the shoe against a horizontal reference plane during a gauging step for establishing the reference plane for the shoe last during manufacture. Gauging and locking apparatus along the side of the carrier advancing conveyor cooperates with each carrier. The gauged and locked carrier, with its shoe last having a shoe upper thereon is transported along various stages of an automated assembly line held in the fixed predetermined reference plane. Unique roughing apparatus cooperates with the shoe last and shoe upper to sequentially controllably roughen selected portions of the shoe upper for subsequent sole adhesion thereto.
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160 |
Combined indicating lamp and pushbutton switch unit |
US3511955D |
1968-03-21 |
US3511955A |
1970-05-12 |
FRANK STANLEY L; DOBROSIELSKI STEPHEN S |
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